Friday the 30th.
Amy and the boys spent the morning at Mount Airy High School cheering for
Megan
and other friends at the local Special Olympics. I was only able to stop
by for a few minutes, but Amy reports that everyone had a really good time and that
Mount Airy did an excellent job hosting this year.

Thursday
the 29th. Baby BenBen is a such a happy baby. He loves to laugh, play
music, talk, and walk.

Wednesday
the 28th. Papa came over to help Jackson and I put his new swing set
together, and take apart, and put back together, and take apart again, and put
back together again. The people that write the directions for these things
must be incredibly smart to make something so simple so complicated.

Tuesday
the 27th. Jackson watched a show about snakes while eating breakfast
this morning. When I pulled his pajama top over his head to get ready for
school he yelled "I'm molting!" and laughed. Now that is both a funny kid
and a smart kid.

Sunday
the 25th. The Dinner Club met, hosted
this month by the Davis family in Winston-Salem, NC. Lots of good
Mexican food and desserts. The boys spent most of the evening playing in
the backyard with their friends Emma, Molly, and Landon.

Earlier in the day we celebrated Megan's
birthday with an ice cream cake. As you can tell, Benjamin loved it, especially
the Oreo cookie crust.

Saturday the 24th.
We spent the morning and afternoon repairing the
Willie House on Hama's
farm for her.
While I was there I asked her about this old photo and found out that it has the
boy's great, great, great, great grandfather, great, great, great grandfather,
and great, great grandmother in it. More photos like this one are in the
Heath/Stanley Album.

Friday the 23rd.
It's been great weather for bike riding and I've
been able to ride at least some each day this week. I took this photo
while riding through Orchard Gap, Virginia.

Thursday
the 22nd. Jackson and Benjamin both had their picture in the Mount
Airy News today. That is the first time either of them have made the
paper. The photo was taken at the
Central Methodist March of Dimes Teamwalk.

Wednesday the 21st.
The boys and I went to watch Caleb's Tee Ball practice in Ararat, VA with Papa.
Benjamin and I headed back to town, but Jackson went with Papa to spend the
night in Claudville.

Tuesday
the 20th. Benjamin continues to walk more and more. He can take
several slow and steady steps to get to where he wants to be. The picture
of Jackson in the spaceship was taken at Hanes Mall in Winston-Salem Friday
night.

Saturday
the 17th. It was a beautiful morning for the Mount Airy March Of Dimes
Teamwalk. Our KDH team won again this year for the most walkers.
Jackson says of the walk "I walked foooouuuur miles and won. I won a whole
pizza and a box of doughnuts." The boy's Aunt Deana and our friend Megan
walked with us. Later in the day we visited friends, Mo
and Papa came by for a visit, and I even had time to fit in a motorcycle ride at sunset.

Thursday
the 15th. It is so nice that the sun is shining again. We met on
Main Street to eat lunch at The Bluebird. The boys then shared a cup of
Superman ice cream.

Wednesday the 14th.
Ben Is Walking!!! He took two full steps in
his nursery with Amy and Jackson watching early this morning. Later we all
watched as he did it again. By lunchtime he was able to take as many as
four steps in a row. By bedtime he could take eight steps. Check out
all of Benji's milestones!

Tuesday the 13th. Jackson
asked Amy today "Have you ever seen the movie where the coach is running away
from his past?" We figured out later that he had seen a commercial
for Angels in the Outfield.

Monday
the 12th. It is a cold rainy day, but we are not complaining because
we really needed the wet weather. Jackson and
Benjamin avoided the rain by playing inside at McDonald's Play-land and at a
friend's
house.

Sunday
the 11th. Happy Easter!!! We awoke to find that the Easter Bunny
had brought Jackson the stuffed bunny he had asked for and had hidden eggs
inside and outside the house. Benjamin was actually the first one up and
the first to find the baskets (but don't tell Jackson!). Once
Jackson's sugar high from the jelly beans wore off we drove to Claudville and spent the rest of the
day visiting Hama, Mo, and Papa. MORE EASTER PHOTOS...

Saturday
the 10th. Benjamin is really, really close to walking. He can
get to anywhere in the house he wants now. He can go from one side of the
hall to the other, can crawl short distances to get somewhere to pull up.
He has also started standing up without pulling up on anything. And one of
the newest things is that by the time we can get to his room when he wakes up,
he is standing in his crib.

Friday
the 9th. Deana hosted a wonderful Easter Egg Hunt for the kids at
Martin's house in Stuart, VA today. The weather was fantastic, Benjamin
enjoyed sitting in the grass and eating, and Jackson had a great time hunting
for eggs with his cousins. He found three of the special shiny eggs and
won three dollars to put with his other Easter money. More Photos...

Thursday
the 8th.
Jackson had his Easter Party at school this morning and then his buddy Conor
came home with him to play for awhile. They had fun riding the
4-wheeler and playing in the clubhouse. Amy
got a new digital camera for her birthday and took all three of these great
Benjamin photographs with it.

Wednesday
the 7th. Below are photos of Jackson making Amy a birthday cake last
weekend. He made the cake all by himself with very little help from dad
and even picked out the icing and sprinkles.

Tuesday
the 6th. Jackson's pre-school raised over $2,700 for
The March of Dimes. Jackson's class raised
over $500. Jackson would
like to thank all the sponsors for making their teamwalk so successful.
MORE PHOTOS.

Monday the 5th. Amy and I met
eight years ago today. Isabelle Beasley turned three and Ella Burcher
turned two today.

Sunday the 4th.
Our fun
weekend continued with a party for Isabelle's 3 year
old birthday.
Both boys had a great time at Izzy's house. Benjamin was held by almost
everyone and got to eat a ton of snacks. Jackson loved jumping on Izzy's
birthday trampoline, even in the freezing wind we had all day.

Saturday
the 3rd. Amy's 30th Birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!!

Friday
the 2nd. I took a vacation day from the office so that the family
could spend a "Fun Day" together. We first went with Jackson
to get his class picture taken, then to the
Greensboro Children's Museum, and
then out to the movies to see Home On The Range. An all around great day
for the whole family! Click HERE to see the
photos from the Children's Museum.

Thursday
the 1st. I took these outside pictures during our gorgeous weather last
weekend.